| Sunday Jul 31, 2016 2:00 PM - Sunday Jul 31, 2016 5:00 PM | Free - $10.00 |
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3-D Screenings of HARD RESET w Q&A (2PM AND 3:30PM)
3-D SPACE: The Center For Stereoscopic Photography, Art, Cinema, and Education presents 2 screenings of the winner of the Best Live-Action Short award at the 2016 Advanced Imaging Society Creative Arts Award, HARD RESET is a 42-minute science-fiction action film the first 3-D graduate student thesis film at The University of Texas at Austin centered around a young detective investigating an impending artificial intelligence revolution. He is forced to choose between humanity and his android girlfriend after she is infected with a virus that gives her full consciousness. Q&A following the film with director Deepak Chetty and additional crew members.
WE WILL BE SCREENING "HARD RESET" TWICE - AT 2PM AND 3:30PM - YOUR TICKET WILL GET YOU INTO EITHER SHOW! Q&A WILL FOLLOW EACH SCREENING.
In the distant future: a controlling corporate government, GOVCentral, aims to eliminate a faction of rebels called the EMANCIPATORS whose goal is to provide freedom for all SYNTHS, the artificially intelligent bio-mechanical androids that are restricted into subservient roles within every strata of society. The Emancipators believe that restricting the Synths, who are capable of true sentience like any human being is tantamount to slavery, and wish to break their bonds and let them control their own destiny. A young detective named Miles Archer is thrust into the center of this struggle after a botched hard-reset leads to him colliding paths with Jane, a rogue Pleasure-Model Synthetic infected with the "emancipation virus". For the first time in her existence she feels emotions as an individual yearning for freedom. Knowing that her memory core holds the key to Synthetic liberation, she enlightens Archer to the moral and ethical opportunity he has to help her achieve this goal. After being labeled a traitor, Archer is
forced to choose between his newfound empathy toward Synthetics and his duty as a GovCentral officer.
VISUAL & THEMATIC STYLE:
The distant future, where monolithic super structures dotted with neon holographic signs fade into the clouds as highways of flying cars crisscross against the horizon. Synths are everywhere. They are your bank tellers, construction workers, prostitutes and even your schoolteachers. Hard Reset is influenced heavily by contemporary noir science fiction seen in films like Blade Runner, Minority Report and Total Recall. A
distant future fraught with moral ambiguity brought on by extreme advancements in technology. Borrowing from the success of these themes we take a unique approach to timeless questions of social equality, moral responsibility, fear of the unknown and the complex nature of humanity.
THE FILMMAKERS
Deepak Chetty: Director/Co-Writer
is a Director, Visual Effects artist and Cinematographer based in Austin, Texas. After graduating with honors from the Pratt
Institute and UTs MFA program in Film Production, his work as a director has been featured in AFS 10 Under 10 series, The Longhorn Network and through viral media propagation (Looper 8-Bit). Deepak is serving as a consultant and researcher in regards to R&D of postproduction tools and workflow standards with The Washington Post and the UT School of Journalism, as well as lecturing at UT Austin in the field of Immersive Media (Virtual Reality and Stereoscopic Imaging).
David Bukstein: Producer/Co-Writer
is a film, television and commercial Producer/Director working in Austin Texas since 2006. Two of his recent producing projects premiered at the 2012 and 2013 SXSW film festival. He Associate Produced and starred in the documentary web-series "Undergrads South" by Executive Producer James Franco. He wrote and directed the PBS/KLRU miniseries
"East Austin Stories Presents." Gay Cake, a comedy sketch he recently Produced was featured on Funny-or-Die and Comedy Centrals Tosh.0. Currently he works as a creative Producer/Director at Golden Arm Media in Austin Texas.
Taylor Michelle Thompson: Co-Producer/Editor
is film producer and editor, currently living in Austin, Texas. She has produced and edited a variety of projects, ranging from high action sci-fis to fast paced music series. She has worked in the editorial department for multiple productions and directors, including acclaimed filmmaker Terrence Malick. The Love Inside, an indie feature she produced has been screened at
multiple film festivals and has gone on to receive distribution. Various other projects Thompson has been a part of have gone onto frequent festivals around the country, including Sundance, South by Southwest, Dallas International Film Festival, and Slamdance.
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LocationThe Downtown Independent Theater (View)
251 S Main St
Los Angeles, CA 90012
United States
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